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I'm very pleased to welcome Troy Wilch as a new member of our Level 5 IT Guide section of the website. Troy will be leading the effort to deliver videos on App-V 4.5 and how it works independently and how it integrates into SCCM. This is going to...
While I recently stated that using SQL 2008 with SCCM was a 'no-no", I did some testing and came up with some interesting information. I will share this info in greater detail as I redo what I did to verify the steps. However, I built a pure...
In various places, recently I have been suggesting that you do not use SQL 2008 with SCCM 2007. The reasons that I say this is because a very knowledgeable resource at Microsoft stated that the code for SCCM 2007 was not written to work with SQL 2008...
Deploying Office 2007 with a custom transform (.MSP) is a complex task due to all the possible configurations. To create the transform, you need to install the AdminTemplates.exe and then copy the admin folder to the Office 2007 CD source folder to open...
Now that SCCM R2 is available , we should discuss the features associated with the upgrade. R2 has a few key features that were once available in SMS 2003 as a Feature Pack (such as Client Health Monitoring) and also some new functionality that was not...
It's been a long day in several respects. We found out at 10:00 AM that our server bandwidth was too small for the amount of traffic we had with app the people watching the Level 5 Guides. First we moved the cable to a 100MB switch and that was ok...
Having a Task Sequence that does all your work for you is a tough job at times and depending on how many hardware platforms you have will determine how long it takes to make and test your Task Sequence. In this video I demonstrate how to advertise an...
I was very surprised to see that Microsoft has released a new DCM Baseline for Energy Efficiency based on a post at the SMS & MOM blog . Per the post, you can download the DCM Baseline here . It seems that Microsoft is taking bits and pieces of third...
After speaking to the other Level 5 Guide owners, they have all agreed to open their guides during the times I specified in my post yesterday . Our "Open House" day is to let you experience some of the content that we have available. I don't...
We have had a tremendous success rate for our new Level 5 section since it opened in late April. The guide subscriptions are moving at a very good pace, but we want everyone to have a chance to experience the "higher level" of videos training...
As I stated in my other post , building a TS which will to just about everything in one TS is the key. Rather than having a few or dozens of Task Sequences, we want to have one or two that will work on all your hardware platforms. The following Level...
I have received numerous emails asking for videos on OSD and how they work. While we all know that each organization has different requirements and goals, I have put together a video in the Level 5 section that shows how to put together a Task Sequence...
SMR, LLC owns and operates The Blogcast Repository website. We have been working very hard delivering training with our new Level 5 video training section of the website. With this in place we have been able to complete another Microsoft Partner competency...
Tonight I added 3 new videos to the SCCM Level 5 Guide on Software Updates. I have one more to complete and that should be uploaded in the next few days. The videos show how simple and complex deploying updates can be in SCCM. There is a lot of information...
To start off this post which I have a lot to say, I will use the 2 words "intelligence" and "negligence" in the same sentence. You don't often hear that, but I think it sums up several experiences I have seen so far with SCCM prerequisite...
While I'm big on having WSUS 3.0 SP1 on a separate server when it comes to SCCM, I have to do what the budget calls for sometimes. In large sites where you will have thousands of clients getting updates, you may need one or more SUP servers. In a...
We want to get some fresh ideas from bloggers on The Blogcast Repository . I would like to make a challenge that we have 50 new bloggers by the end of July . Sharing your experience is a great vent and a place to call home where you can interact with...
While it's a simple process to install the console, you DO know that for every version of SMS / SCCM that provides a SP, you need to update not only the client's. but the console too. This has always been a pain point for me, but I wanted to share...
Although we may read up on service packs and other releases, we may not always see everything and Microsoft may not always tell you all the things they improved on. I found this gem just a few minutes ago and thought it was interesting. When you are not...
When you have the SCCM console open and you then open help, you may find information that is not correct. The reason for this is because the same help file was used during the beta release and before SP1 went RTM, Microsoft attempted to remove all the...
While Microsoft has a list of error codes that are associated with SCCM, the code 0x80040104 in your log file means that " Could not find reference program policy", " Make sure the reference program policy is downloaded locally. Check policy...
Upgrading to SCCM SP1 requires more than the expected configurations. You need to make sure you have a proper backup and have backed up some of the existing files before the upgrade. The guide shows what files to backup and the proper prerequisite checks...
DOWNLOAD Note: The download is 1.1 GB "Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 now offers full support for management with Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, integrates customer feedback, feature Integration with Intel vPro Technology and enhances...
Since going live on the upgraded website a few weeks ago, we now have email notification working again as of today. When you comment in the forums and blogs, you will now receive emails and know when people reply to your posts. I'm very sorry for...
While I love to think I have all the answers for most questions, I was very surprised by this "tid bit" today. Why, after 10 years working with SMS have I not seen this before???? I created several different security groups and had various permissions...
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